4.1 Amorphous Solids and 4.2 Polymers

3 definitions of a glass

Coordination Number Practice

How does a glass form

Graphical display of how glass forms

“Locking atoms in“

Refractive index

Fictive temp and refractive index

Modifiers

More on modifiers

Modifiers and Tg

Polymers and monomers basics

Step versus chain polymerization

Polymer chain growth mechanism

Step growth mechanism

Molecular weight

Weight average, number average, and polydispersity

Why does molecular weight increase mechanical strength

Different types of polymer structures

Polymer structure and side groups

Amorphous vs crystalline microtructure

Cross linking

Deborah number and viscoelasticity

Creep and stress relaxation

Glass transitions in polymers

Thermoplastic and thermosetting polymers

As thermoplastic and thermoset polymers are heated

Water soluble polymers, and how to stop them from being water-soluble?

Hydrogels, and is their water absorption reversible?

Semiconducting polymers

Conduction mechanism for semiconducting polymers

Natural polymers

Thermoforming and compression modeling

Extrusion processes and injection modeling

3D Printing

Scalable vs non-scalable polymer processing

Recycling codes

More recycling codes

Formation of microplastics